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Both batteries have to be stacked on top on each other-the magnetic wand is the only way to switch on and off the red lights.

Imagine the annoyance when reading the freight manifest prior to departing from Athlone to see a single stores oil two axle wagon was being sent to Ballina for the Bus Eireann garage-it was the longest part of the 31 mile journey from Claremorris to Ballina-especially when the 071 locomotive never went above three notches on the controller-and spent a lot of time in the zero position.

All aboard….the Santa express from Maam cross station….this Sunday.

Hi Tom, Thank you, The BELL liners were easy-I cut out a small section of the floor of each of the containers and blu tacked the battery pack to the floor, then threaded the lamps above the bogies and glued them onto the buffer beam, The two axle barrier oil wagon was done in a similar manner, The bogie cement wagon is an MIR kit and again as the tank is hollow-it was only a matter of blu tacking the battery pack on to the inside. The ammonia barrier-(I’ll take photos over the next few days) was a little more difficult -I had to cut out a section of the tank underneath to accommodate both battery packs-they sit on the wagon chassis and are covered by the tank-it works…!! The fertiliser wagon would need some holes drilled in the base in order for the lamps to be pushed through-the battery packs can then be covered by a pallet of fertiliser I am using the magnetic wand supplied with the Mk2 coaches-but unfortunately in the case of the BELL liners it doesn’t work with the containers covering the battery pack -so they have to be removed each time the lights need to be switched on, bear in mind each battery pack needs two LR41 batteries to work the lamp, I don’t think they will be suitable for passenger trains-simply because the wand won’t be able to switch the lights on through the roof-however I will attempt to put a set in the EGV of the Mk2 a/bs and see how I get on And yes -I was unable to find that support page on the website @DJ Dangerous-there isn’t much room on the chassis underneath to fit the battery packs without major surgery which I won’t be doing on that fine model.

Bogie bulk cement wagon and BELL liners with working tail lamps and detailed pipes and coupling added.

I’m glad to see someone seeing sense and getting back on topic….. I have seen photos of the removed sidings on the various social media sites- The sidings have been removed in order to provide a concrete hard standing area for a reachstacker to load and unload the IWT liners….they will be brought to and from the port by the shunting tractor units hauling trailers-more progress from Dublin “anti rail” port.

Thanks Rob

The 24 & 31 await their next turn of duty on the loop at Ashburton grove.

Yes-easy enough for the BELL liners,cement and barrier wagon for the oil train-a little bit more tricky for the ammonia barrier wagon-where I had to cut a small section from underneath the water tank to fit the battery packs, Bogie timber wagon shouldn’t be a problem - the IRM fertiliser wagons will need a fair bit of surgery to accommodate/concealed the battery packs.

The safety manager at Tara junction has undertaken a programme of fitting working red tail lamps on freight trains departing from Lakeview freight yard, At present the BELL,Ammonia,oil and bogie cement liners have been fitted, It really has made a huge difference to the rear of the liners-which also have detailed couplings added. Thanks to Irish Railway Models who have produced this useful item. 056 leads the 15:00 Northwall-Waterford BELL liner through Tara junction.as 121+135 work the 10:30 Waterford-Northwall BELL liner.

And three packs duly ordered......... thank you IRM and Heljan....

+1…..I’ll take a large logo 50 please

02/12/2002 we have a 201 class locomotive 210-note the 47’ empty barrier wagon 30273 behind 210

My Guards journal from 2001…..

Yes-with 7-10 wagons laden or empty Home heating and diesel oil for the ESSO depot in Claremorris. That’s the oil siding in Claremorris.